Civic courage is the willingness to talk directly to people in authority. Alternatives are avoiding authority all together, or communicating only what is perceived to be expected. Actions that require civic courage vary by culture. For example, in many countries of Europe it takes mild civic courage to complain if a waiter has brought the wrong meal, while in America this would be the norm. Democracies tend to try to make civic engagement require less civic courage.

[edit] See also

• Andrei Sakharov Prize For Writer's Civic Courage
• The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation

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